Skip to content

IELTS in Australia – July 2009 (General Training)

IELTS in Australia was described as follows by our friend S. Thank you for remembering and sharing the questions!

Listening test

Section 1: about organic agriculture
Questions: Fill in the gaps.

Section 2: A conversation between two people about skills.
Questions: Fill in the gaps.

Section 3: Don’t remember the topic.
Questions: Multiple choice.

Reading test

Note: unfortunately S didn’t remember all the topics. He did remember the types of questions though.

Passage 1 and 2: the questions were gap-fills.

Passage 3: the text was about different types of fish.
Questions: headings matching to paragraphs.

Passage 4: the topic was related to Passage 3.
Questions: True/False/Not given.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (letter)
A sports club in your area is about to be closed and you oppose to that. Write a letter to the manager and make suggestions why it is important that the club stays open.

Writing task 2 (essay)
Some people think that in primary schools science and technology should be compulsory subjects rather than history and geography, because these subjects are a waste of time. What is your opinion?

Speaking test

– What is your full name?
– What can I call you?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you study?
– Why did you choose this course?
– Do you want to continue studying?

Cue card
Talk about a change you would like in your life, you should say
– how will you make this change happen
– how much time will you spend on this change

Discussion
– What type of changes people want in their lives?
– Did they make more efforts for these changes?
– What types of changes are happening in your country related to education?
– Are all the people satisfied with the changes?
– When was your last time shopping?
– Did you buy anything different than you did before?
– Where so you usually go shopping?

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Author

Simone Braverman is the founder of IELTS-Blog.com and author of several popular IELTS preparation books, including Ace the IELTS, Target Band 7, the High Scorer's Choice practice test series, and IELTS Success Formula. Since 2005 her work has helped 100,000's of students worldwide achieve their target IELTS scores and live their dream lives. When Simone isn't working on her next IELTS book, video lesson, or coaching, she enjoys playing the guitar or rollerblading.